A spiritual person who follows the path of spirituality is completely alone. The world around you is not a world of things and beings but of thoughts and memories.
When a seeker walks the path of spirituality, he encounters the same obstacles in a finer and more subtle form at each stage of his spiritual journey. Resolute will and unwavering effort are only equipment for success on the path of spirituality.
It is very difficult to measure progress in spirituality. It may be that when a seeker feels elated and overconfident that he is actually making good progress, he may actually be going downhill. On the other hand, it may be that the seeker feels totally lost, confused and in danger, he may actually be making very good progress.
All forms of meditation and spiritual practices have been a means of shutting down the outside world in an effort to open an inner channel, through which higher forces can enter, the unseen can be perceived, and the presence of God can be felt.
On the higher path of spirituality, whenever you reach a state of inner peace, tranquility, relaxation, and are aware of body, mind, and soul simultaneously, your own body gives definite signs of spiritual advancement or evolution related to perfect harmony. of the nervous system. The harmonization and synchronization of one’s own natural forces and energies result from the regular practice of spiritual techniques.
During puberty, our body undergoes a series of physical, mental, emotional and hormonal changes that will take us from childhood to adulthood. Some common signs of puberty are the growth of body parts, hair growth, the appearance of facial hair, cracking and deepening of the voice, and sexual development, etc.
Therefore, there must be some set of visible and obvious standards or milestones that are definite indicative signs of spiritual progress known as spiritual puberty. There are many certain and specific signs by which a seeker’s progress on the spiritual path can be determined.
Two very important and observational indicators of advanced progress in spirituality are
Opening of Sushumna Nadi
It is a strict law that on any spiritual path, whether consciously or unconsciously, unless the kundalini is awakened, no benefit whatsoever is gained. Whenever by devotion, knowledge, renunciation, divine grace, yoga, asana postures, meditation, austerities or shaktipaat, when the kundalini is awakened and begins to move upwards through the Sushumna Nadi, then only higher level spiritual progress is indicated. and this is the fixed rule.
In the human body there are 72,000 nadis or channels through which prana circulates. There are 10 important Nadi out of which 3 are the most important. Sushumna is the main Nadi and flows through the central channel within the spinal cord, it is responsible for all spiritual consciousness. Ida is situated on the left side of Sushumna and controls all the mental functions, while Pingla, situated on the right side of Sushumna, controls all the vital functions of the body.
Ida is related to the respiratory flow in the left nostril and the parasympathetic nervous system, while Pingla is related to the respiratory flow in the right nostril and the sympathetic nervous system.
Unless Ida and Pingla are balanced, there will be many obstacles to spiritual progress. Equilibrium occurs naturally as a definite sign of advanced spiritual puberty. Sushumna opening is indicated by breathing through both nostrils simultaneously. When Ida and Pingla flow together, the third flow of Sushumna Nadi opens.
On a higher spiritual path when the body [Pingla] and mind [Ida] they are balanced and synchronized, a third force spiritual energy emerges, this is a definitive sign of spiritual puberty, when you breathe through both nostrils simultaneously.
Khechari mudra
Khechari mudra is a simple but very important technique that is used in many spiritual techniques. It involves folding the tongue back and placing it against the upper palate. In Kechari mudra the prana is located above the nasopharynx, removing the need for respiration from the tissues and cells and placing the body in a state of suspended animation or hibernation.
Khechari naturally induces a seeker into a higher state of spirituality. It is a neurological switch that indicates a purified nervous system state. Khechari is an ecstatic connection that illuminates our entire nervous system. It is the higher spiritual practices that send us to Khechari, when every cell or fiber of our being wants self-realization or enlightenment, the tongue automatically recedes and goes up or, in a slight way, we can say that it can touch the upper palate.
Khechari encourages the largest opening of sexual neurons in the head. Khechari as spiritual puberty is a constant internal orgy of radiant ecstatic bliss indicating the cosmic sexual union of Shiv and Shakti or Yin and Yang.
So, opening Sushumna Nadi or breathing through both nostrils and Khechari mudra or rolling the tongue and touching the upper part of the palate are the definite signs of spiritual puberty, as a result of a purified, enlightened and enlightened nervous system. These two signs indicate the seeker’s higher spiritual transformation.
BY
GEETA JHA [SPIRITUAL HEALER]
INDIA
